Rest and reading; a wonderful summer combination which I look forward to. This year it has been a little different, with the push to finish my weaving I fell into an empty hole in June energy spent and creative juices all used up. July was more gentle, mixing reading with helping some BIMM colleagues as they enter into writing up their projects. I was also delighted to be able to support the successful community ownership of Positive News – we raised enough money to secure the future of the organisation; I am the proud owner of small bit! Please support it if you can and spread the word. I’ve re-read Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain. A beautiful gentle absorbing, meditative book focused on Nan’s life walking the Cairngorms. Described as “the finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain”. So this week the next leg of the South Down’s Way from Cocking to Queen Elizabeth Country Park weather permitting. It has also been a time of abundance in the garden!
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